Religion and end-of-life decisions in critical care: Where the word meets deed

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1089-1091

  Ford, Dee W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICINE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84862659684     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2557-5     Document Type: Editorial

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